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Decentralization and Local Government Borrowing in Indonesia
2004Indonesia is currently facing some severe challenges, both in political affairs and in economic management. One of these challenges is the recently enacted decentralization program, now well underway, which promises to have some wide-ranging consequences.
James Alm, Sri Mulyani Indrawati
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Local government. Progress in decentralization
2021This chapter starts with a discussion of territorial organisation, and in particular of territorial reforms at both the local and regional level, which have been a common feature for most countries of the region. The picture of territorial organisation in the countries of the studied region is highly diversified.
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Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries
2006Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is considered an important element of participatory democracy and, along with privatization and deregulation, represents a substantial reduction in the authority of national governments over economic ...
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Decentralization and Local Governance: Introduction and Overview
2008In many parts of the world today, various forms of decentralization measures are now implemented. It is hoped that decentralized states will fulfill high expectations reflecting the demands of our time. These measures are expected to make the states both democratic and developmental.
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Decentralization and democracy in UK local government
Public Money & Management, 1992A key theme in the current transformation of local government is the idea of decentralization. A growing number of local authorities are devolving responsibility to neighbourhood offices and developing new mechanisms for getting closer to their consumers and citizens.
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Decentralization and Local Government in Sri Lanka
2003The public debate over local government in Sri Lanka has been dominated by the ethnic conflict in the country. For the last 20 years efforts to change and reform local government in the country have focused on devolution as a means to provide increased representation for the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority and resolve their demands for an independent ...
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